REMEMBER LAST MEAL TO AVOID SNACKS
If you want to lose weight but are perturbed by those desperate hunger pangs, just think
about the last meal you ate, according to a new study. British researches found that
concentrating on a meal you have already had reduces the decires to have a snack.
Until now, most diet experts have said the best way to keep away from snacks is to
think about something else.
Going for a brisk walk is one common piece of advice, while others suggest brushing
your teeth or ringing a friend to block out sugar cravings.
But researches at the University of Birmingham say that the opposite could actually be
more help, reports the Daily Express.
For the study, Dr Suzanne Higgs asked a group of women students to eat lunch and
then join a biscuit tasting session either one hour or three hours later.
Just before the tasting, half the women were asked to recall the lunch they had taken in
vivid detail, while the other half had to think about their journey to the session.
After the tasting, the women were told they could finish up as many of the leftover
biscuits as they wanted. The results showed that women who took part in the tasting
within an hour of their lunch ate few biscuits. But those who took part three hours later
had different results. The group, which was told to recall their lunch, snacked on only a
few biscuits at the end of the exercise. But the group asked to remember their journey
cleaned up all the leftovers.
Terry Davidson, from Purdue University in Indiana, who carried out this research, told
New Scientist magazine that if memory impairments promote obesity, then treatments
that improve this part of the memory function might have an anti obesity effect.-
-DR.NAVRAJ SINGH SANDHU, www.navraj@gmail.com
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